ElDorado


 * || ==Directions: This group must read the two poems and answer the following questions: == || ==1. How is Utopia being described in each poem? Is it a positive or negative description? ==

2. Do you think the utopia described in each poem is a real place? Why or why not?
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 * || ==Edgar Allan Poe==

Eldorado
code Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old- This knight so bold- And o'er his heart a shadow Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow- "Shadow," said he, "Where can it be- This land of Eldorado?" "Over the Mountains  Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow,   Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied- "If you seek for Eldorado!"

code || ==Utopia by [|Wislawa Szymborska]==

Into unfathomable life.
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